Tag: bible

Healing power of listening

December 19, 2006 | No comments yet

  “With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.” ~ Catherine de Hueck In an often quoted old nursery rhyme, William Edward Norris wrote: “If your lips would keep from slips, five things observe with care: To whom

Complaint or praise?

December 14, 2006 | 2 comments

  A young man decided to become a monk in a religious order that allowed monks to speak only two words every two years. After his first two years of training, the young monk was invited by his superior to

God as a first resort

December 12, 2006 | 3 comments

This weekend it hit me how foreign the concept of turning to God first in times of emergency is for many people. I was filling out a medical release form to allow our daughter to attend a trip away from

Anonymous giving

December 10, 2006 | 5 comments

While paying bills last night, I made a couple of charitable donations to local missions and food banks that feed the homeless and care for the less fortunate. As I wrote the checks, I felt great joy well within for